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Old 03-13-2017, 11:42 AM
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I've been using 'Find and Replace' to edit text from Memorizer.me website.
Here's a little sample:

H____ u_ h_____ e_ l_ i___ d_ H_____ a_ q__ l______ K____.

I want to replace some of the letters above with a red underline symbol. I'm trying to make it more challenging to memorize something.
When I use [A-f] in wildcard mode it selects all the existing underline symbols shown.

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[A-f]' is supposed to find only the letters 'a' through 'f', uppercase and lowercase.
However, it includes all the existing underline symbols in the find along with the letters a through f.
I know I've done this before a couple of months ago and it didn't do this.


What am I missing here?

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A wildcard expression use [A-f] will find all capital letters, the lower-case letters a-f and the characters:
[ \ ] ^ _ `
For your specified requirements you should use the wildcard expression [A-Fa-f]
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Old 03-14-2017, 10:49 AM
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